Emigration to Canterbury : Shipping Lists 1856-1874

Mermaid

Sailed 15th November 1863
Arrived 20th January 1864 at Lyttelton

View Mermaid passenger list as PDF [7.2 MB]

All blank ledger pages have not been filmed - page numbers may jump accordingly.

Newspaper reports date the sailing of the Mermaid from 16 November 1863 to 16 February 1864 .

Related information

Articles from contemporary newspapers

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 16 February 1864, p. 4
Summary: Passengers on the Mermaid listed plus analysis of trades and nationality of passengers.

Title: Shipping Intelligence
Source: The Lyttelton Times, 18 February 1864, p. 4
Summary: Cabin and second cabin passengers listed. Account of arrival and voyage of the Mermaid. Government immigrants listed. Analysis of their trades and nationalities.

Websites

Passenger list from New Zealand Yesteryears
Passenger list from RootsWeb

More information about finding passenger lists can be found in the Family History guide.

Microfilm copies of newspapers including The Press, The Lyttelton Times and The Star are available in the Family History area, Tuakiri | Identity, Level 2, Tūranga.

Note about image quality

The embarkation lists were microfilmed, and digital images created from the film.
The originals were faint so black pages were inserted to help contrast of text, and the filming was manipulated to help increase contrast as much as possible.
Blank ledger pages were not filmed.
The limitations of the originals mean some pages may appear faint, and some pages may have text from the reverse showing through.
The text within the PDF documents is not searchable.